Post by @woof@fedi.aria.dog

@woof@fedi.aria.dog

2026-07-16 16:57 UTC

btw how familiar is the Rhodia brand in your part of the world? it is so popular in france, most store-brand notepads copy the same orange color. they are affordable, unassuming, ubiquitous, honest, unremarkable working-class objects, that nevertheless achieved perfection of form

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@woof@fedi.aria.dog 2026-07-16 20:16

Ok i’m lowkirk uploading what i got so far! I’ve moved an old posts from the Barks blog to it to give you a live demo. It’s about game design. Click or don’t. (No real blog index yet… it’s on the secret menu for now) https://aria.dog/diary/path-of-excel/

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@Archivist@social.linux.pizza 2026-07-16 17:27

@woof@fedi.aria.dog as a French denizen they definitely feel archetypal. I have seen and used them all my life

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@cloudhop@equestria.social 2026-07-16 19:31

@woof@fedi.aria.dog i've never seen this before in my life (west coast, USA) which is funny because I've visited France like 4 times, and still have no memory of whatever this brand is.

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@pdcawley@mendeddrum.org 2026-07-16 20:20

@woof@fedi.aria.dog A No. 12 dot pad lives in my pocket and I have some of their A4+ pads for writing practice. In the UK Rhodia’s a bit of a premium brand because the paper’s great for writing on with fountain pens.

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